Habib Diallo scored the second goal and is responsible for the first.

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Frederick FLORIN / AFP

  • RC Strasbourg corrected Nîmes at La Meinau on the 18th day of Ligue 1 on Wednesday.

  • The Alsatians have mastered almost the entire game and have benefited from 4 penalties.

    They scored 3.

  • Ludovic Ajorque scored twice and… missed a penalty.

At the Meinau stadium,

The people of Strasbourg have a sense of the law.

The prefectural decree which prohibited the use of firecrackers ended on January 4, they were able to fire a real fireworks display at Meinau against Nîmes.

Five goals, a dozen clear chances, almost total control of the match ... And a nice spanking at the finish, with a score worthy of CFA 2. When Racing was able to stick three beatings in Saint-Dié (5 -0), Neuves-Maisons (5-0) and Belfort Sud (6-0) in just over a month.

Ten years later, the times are not really the same, but such a large victory still provokes as much pleasure.

Adrien Thomasson's partners showed it in their own way at the final whistle.

In a Meinau behind closed doors, they symbolically went to greet and celebrate their success in front of their kop, Alexander Djiku taking the opportunity to throw his jersey to a ghost supporter!

The general hilarity continued all the way to the locker room, where the victory chants could easily be heard ringing out from outside.

"Everything is positive tonight"

A very sweet evening for the Alsatians.

It was even time for a joke for Thierry Laurey, not always pleasant in front of the press.

“It's funny, in my talk, I had just told the players that we rarely win a first game of the year 5-0.

I should have kept quiet, ”smiled the technician, obviously very satisfied with the performance of his group.

“What matters to me is that the team went ahead, did not care about the opponent and was efficient […] Everything is positive tonight but I will be a little down on the evening , it only brings three points and we play again on Saturday in Lens.

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Racing will be there with newfound confidence, after a match that it flew over.

The only fear may have come when Koné appeared alone against Kawashima (43rd).

The Japanese goalkeeper came out perfectly and avoided… the reduction of the score.

His people were already leading 2-0, thanks to two goals in two minutes from Ajorque (37th) then Diallo (38th).

Then 3-0 just before the break, on the first penalty of the evening transformed by Lala (45th).

"I remember that Nicolas Rainville had whistled 4 penalties last year"

Rarely in a match, two more followed in the second half, one missed by Ajorque (58th) - who had his double before (51st) - and another succeeded by Waris (90th).

“I don't know if I had ever experienced that in my career.

I didn't have time to look at my records, but I remember that Nicolas Rainville had whistled 4 penalties last year in a Niort-PFC, ”Thierry Laurey recalled.

“Yes, because I also watch Ligue 2!

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For RC Strasbourg, the lower division moved away a bit on Wednesday.

He is now 16th in Ligue 1, above all with five points ahead of the last two, Lorient and… Nîmes.

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